"Warrants" vs. "Reasons" vs. "Rules:" Understanding CCSS Terms. For the Teachers. Common Core Reading Lessons. Common Core. Express 7.21 - Tools for Balancing Literary and Informational Text in the Common Core Standards. Tools for Balancing Literary and Informational Text in the Common Core Standards Denise Alterio Implementation of the Common Core State Standards is an area of crucial focus in almost all states.
Successfully meeting this challenge requires educators to remain cognizant of big-picture goals while deeply investigating detailed, interrelated subcomponents and building capacity for application. In other words, Common Core State Standards require us to see the forest and the trees. Thinking Maps, a research-based instructional tool, can help us do just that.